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THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST 
[June  i,  1893. 
MARKET  RATES  FOR  OLD  AND  NEW  PRODUCTS 
f From  S.  Figgis  <£  Co.'s  Fortnightly  Price  Current,  London,  May  4th,  1893. ) 
EAST  INDIA. 
Bombay,  Ceylon,  Madras 
Coast  and  Zanzibar. 
ALOES,  Soeotrine  ...  .. 
Zanzibar  & Hepatic 
BARK,  CINCHONA  Crown 
Red... 
BEES’ WAX,  E.I.,  White 
Yellow  . 
Mauritius  & Madagascar. 
CARDAMOMS— 
Allepee 
MaDgalore  ... 
Malabar 
Ceylon. Malabar  sort 
Alleppee  and 
Mysore  sort 
Long  wild  Ceylon... 
CASTOR  OIL,  lsts 
2nds 
CHILLIES,  Zanzibar 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATIONS 
CINNAMON, 
lsts 
2nds 
3rds 
4ths 
Chips 
CLOVES,  Zanzibar 
and  Pemba. 
STEMS 
COCULUS  INDICUS 
COFEEE  
COLOMBO  ROOT... 
CROTON  SEEDS,  sifted... 
CUTCH  ...  ...  „ - 
DRAGONS  BLOOD,  Zan. 
GALLS,  Bussorah&  Turkey 
GINGER,  Cochin,  Cut  ... 
Rough.. 
Bengal,  Rough 
GUM  AMMONIACUM  .. 
ANIMI,  washed  ... 
scraped... 
ARABIC  E.I.  & Adeu  .. 
Ghatti  ... 
Amrad  clia. 
Madras 
ASSAFCETIDA 
KINO 
MLRRH,  picked 
Aden  sorts 
OLIBANUM,  drop... 
pickings... 
siftings  ... 
INDIARUBBER  ... 
East  African  Ports,  Zanzi- 
bar and  Mozambique  Coast 
INDIARUBBER  Assam, 
Rangoon  
Madagascar,  Tamataye,  j 
Majuuga  and  Nossibe  ) 
ISINGLASS  or\T 
EISH  MAWS  J 
Bladder  Pipe  .. 
Purse  .. 
JJa n&oUe®  Leaf  .. 
Good  and  tine  dry  liver... 
Common  and  good 
Renewed  ...  
Medium  to  tine  Quill  ... 
Spoke  shavings 
Branch  
Renewed  
Medium  to  good  Quill... 
Spoke  shavings  
Branch  
Twig  
Good  to  fine  
Fair  to  tine  
Fair  to  fine  clipped 
Bold, bright,  fairto  fine... 
Good  to  fine  plump,  cliped 
Fairto finebold  bleached 
,,  medium  ,, 
,,  ,,  small 
Small  to  bold  brown  .. 
Fair  to  fine  bold 
,,  medium 
,,  ,,  small 
Common  to  good 
White  
Fair  and  good  pale 
Fair  to  fine  bright  nom.. 
Ord’y.  and  middling  .. 
Ord'y.  to  fine  pale  quill.. 
EAST  INDIA  Continued 
East  Coast  Africa.  Mala- 
bar and  Madras  Coast, 
Bengal. 
£4  a £5 
AOs  a £5  10s 
2d  a 6d 
3d  a 6d 
1 |d  a 4d 
Id  a l|d 
2d  a 6d 
3d  a 6d 
l|d  a 3d 
Id  a 2d 
Id  a ljd 
£7  a £8  10s 
£6  a £7 
£5  los  a £6  10s 
Is  a 2s  6d 
Is  6d  a 3s 
2s  a 2s  6d 
2s  3d  a 3S  3d 
Is  fid  a 2s  2d 
Is  a is  6d 
Is  a Is  fid 
Js  3d  a 4s 
Is  fid  a 2s  2d 
s a Is  5d 
fid  a 2s  2d 
3d  a 3ji 
2£i  a 2$d 
41s  a 60s 
35s  a 42s 
6§d  a Is  5d 
fid  a Is 
6Jd  a lOd 
5d  a 9d 
2id  a 7d 
3|d  a 4d 
3|d  a 3|d 
|.la  Id 
8s  a 8s  6d 
103s  a 105s 
lOCs  a 102s 
25s  a 30s 
18s  a 20s 
20s  a 27s  6d 
20s  a 32s' 
50s  a 90s 
55s  a 60s 
50s  a 57s  fid 
85s  a 95s 
60s  a 75s 
65s  a 75s 
60s  a 65s 
45s  a 50s 
25s  a 50s 
£11  0s  a £13  0s 
£9  10s  a £1010s 
£5  a £8  10s 
£8  0s  a £9  I5s 
£6  0s  a £9 
INDIGO,  Bengal 
Kurpah  
Madras  (Dry  Leaf). 
IVORY— Elephants’  Teeth- 
60  lb.  & upwards 
over  30  & under  60  lb. 
50  a 100  lb. 
Scrivelloes  ... 
Billiard  Ball  Pieces2Ja  3|m 
Bagatelle  Points 
Cut  Points  for  Balls 
Mixed  Points  & Tips... 
Cut  Hollows 
Sea  Horse  Teeth— 
falf  lb. 
MYRABOLANES,  Bombay 
S“?L°£nLTL°Let  ''  - 2d  a 6.  2d 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATIONS. 
Madras,  Upper  Godavery 
Fair  to  fine  plant 
Fair  to  fine  bright 
Common  dull  and  mixed 
Common  to  good 
Fair  sifted 
Mid.  Plantation  Ceylon 
Low  Middling  ,,  ,, 
Good  to  fine  bright  sound 
Ordinary&  middling 
Fair  to  fine  fresh 
Fair  to  fine  dry 
Ordinary  to  good  drop  ... 
Fair  to  fine  dark  blue  ... 
Good  white  and  green  ... 
Good  to  fine  bold 
Small  and  medium 
Fair  to  fine  bold 
Small  and  medium 
Fair  to  good  
Blocky  to  fine  clean 
Picked  fine  pale  in  sorts, 
Part  yellow  & mixed  do 
Bean  & Pea  size  ditto  .. 
Amber  and  red  bold  .. 
Medium  & bold  sorts 
Good  to  fine  pale  frosted 
sifted 
Sorts,  dull  red  to  fair  ... 
Good  to  fine  pale  selected 
Sorts  middling  to  good 
Good  and  fine  pale 
Reddish  to  pale  brown 
Dark  to  fine  pale 
Fair  to  fine  pinky  block 
and  drop  
Ordinary  stony  to  midling 
Fair  to  fine  bright 
Fair  to  fine  pale 
Middling  to  good 
Fair  to  fine  white 
Reddish  to  middling  ... 
Middling  to  good  pale  ... 
Slightly  foul  to  fine 
Red  hard  clean  ball 
White  softisb  ditto 
Unripe  root  
Liver  
Sausage,  fair  to  fine 
" without  sticks... 
Good  to  fine 
Common  foul  & middling 
Fair  to  good  clean 
Goodto  fine  pinky  & white 
Fair  to  good  black 
' good  to  fine  pale 
v dark  to  fair  ... 
Clean  thin  to  fine  bold...  , 
Dark  mixed  to  fine  pal  a 6d  a Is  fid 
Common)  9 Itus  pale  la  a 3s 
Coast 
MACE, 
NUTMEGS, 
50s  a 70s 
35s  a 45s 
40s  a 50s 
23s  a 33s 
55s  a 70s 
25s  a 60s 
15s  a 50s 
50s  a 90s 
20s  a 45s 
£15  a £20 
£5  a £7 
85s  a 90s 
35s  a 60s 
22s  fid  a 32s  6d 
12s  a 18s 
12s  a 16s 
Is  lid  a 2s  2d 
is  7d  a 2s 
lOd  a Is  6d 
Is  4d  a Is  Ud 
Is  9d  a Is  lOd 
2s  a 2s  3d 
Is  7d  a 2s  3d 
9d  a Is  6d 
is  7d  a Is  lid 
2s  a 2s  fid 
Is  fid  a Is  Ud 
Is lOd  a 3d 
Is  a Is  9d 
Is  fid  a 3s  3d 
Pickings 
Bombay 
ORCHELLA I 
WEED  | 
NUX  ) Cochin,  Madras 
VOMICA  i and  Bombay 
OIL,  CINNAMON 
CITRONELLE 
LEMONGRASS 
Ceylon  ...I 
Zanzibar  ... 
Mozambique 
PEPPER— 
Malabar,  Black  sifted  ... 
Alleppee  & Tellicherry 
Tellicherry,  White 
PLUMBAGO,  Lump 
Chips 
Dust  ... 
RED  WOOD  
SAFFLOWER,  Bengal 
SALTPETRE,  Bengal  ... 
SANDAL  WOOD,  Logs... 
,,  ,,  Chips.. 
SAPAN  WOOD  
SEEDLAC  
SENNA,  Tinnevelly 
Bombay 
SHELLS,  M.-o’-P. 
large  
medium  part  stout 
chicken  part  stout 
oyster  & broken  pcs 
Mussel  
Lingah  Ceylon  ... 
TAMARINDS  
TORTOISESHELL 
Zanzibar  and  Bombay 
URMERIC, Bengal 
Madras 
Ordinary  to  middling 
Fairto  good  reddish  violt 
Ordinary  and  middling... 
Middling  to  good 
Low  to  ordinary 
Soft  sound 
Hard  ,,  ,, 
Soft  ,,  ,, 
Hard  ,,  ,, 
Sound  soft 
Sli.  def.to  fine  sound  soft 
Shaky  to  fine  solid  sd.  sft 
Defective,  part  hard 
Thin  to  thick  to  sound, 
soft 
Straight  erked  part  close 
Bhimlies  I,  good  & fine 
pale 
,,  II,  fair  pickings 
Jubbleporel,  good  & fine 
pale 
II,  fair  re- 
jections 
Vingorlas.  good  and  fine 
Good  to  fine  picked 
Common  to  middling  ... 
Fair  ... 
Burnt  and  defective  ... 
Dark  to  good  bold  pale... 
W’d  com . darkto  fine  bold 
65’s  a 81’s 
90’s  a 125’a 
( Fair  to  fine  bold  fresh 
4a  5d  a 5s 
3s  9d  a 4s  4d 
2s  9d  a 3s  6d 
2s  lOd  a 3s  4d 
Is  fid  a 2s  8d 
£72  10s  a £83 
£57  a £Ti 
£45  a £60  10s 
£20  a £38  10s 
£15  a £19 
£75  a £82 
£63  a £72  10s 
£50  a £72 
£35  a £48  10s 
£30  a £50  lOd 
( Small  ordinary  andfair  gs  a gg 
Fair  to  fine  heavy 
Bright  & good  flavour... 
Is  2d  a 4s 
10s  a Us  3d 
5s  fid  a 7s  3d 
8s  9d  a 9s  fid 
5s  9d  ft  7s  3d 
6s  9d  a 7s  6d 
7s  9d  a 8s  3d 
5s  a 7s 
6s  9d  a 7s 
5s  a 6s  3d 
Is  7d  a 2s  Ud 
6d  a Is  fid 
2s  2d  a 3s  Od 
Is  6d  a 2s  2d 
8s  a 9s  6d 
Mid.  to  fine,  not  woody 
Picked  clean  flat  leaf  ... 
,,  wiry  
Fair  to  bold  heavy  ...  \ 
, good  „ ...  f 
.,  >■  •>  nom  __ 
Fair  to  fine  bright  bold  15s  a 25s 
Middling  to  good  small  Us  a 14s 
VANILLOES, 
Cochin 
Bourbon, 
1 lsts  . 
Mauritius, 
2nds. 
Seychelles, 
[ 3rds. 
Madagascar, 
j Iths, 
9d  a 2s 
a |d 
2d  a 2|d 
22s  a 28s 
14s  a 23s 
27s  a 35s 
2$d  a 3|d 
lOd  a Is 
Sli’tly  foul  to  fine  bright 
Ordinary  to  fine  bright... 
Fair  and  fine  boid 
Goodtofinepinkynominal 
Ordinary  to  fair 
Inferior  and  pickings  ... 
Ordinary  to  good 
Fair  to  fine  flavour  .,. 
Inferior  to  fine 
Lean  to  good  bold 
Ordinary  to  fine  bright 
Good  to  finebold  green... 
Medium  to  bold  green... 
Small  and  m edium  green 
Common  dark  and  small 
Oidinary  to  good 
Egyptian— bold  clean... 
medium  part  stout 
chicken 
Bombay— good  to  finethic 
clean  part  good  color 
bold  sorts 
small  and  medium  sorts 
Thin  and  good  stout  sorts 
Mid.  tofineblacknotstony 
Stony  and  inferior 
Sorts  good  mottle,  heavy 
Pickings  thin  to  heavy 
Leanish  to  fine  plump 
finger  ... 
Fin.  fair  to  fine  bold  brgt 
Mixed  middling 
Bulbs  ... 
Finger  ...  
Fiue,  cryst’ed  5 to  9 in 
Foxy  & reddish  5 to  8 in. 
Lean  & dry  to  mid.  un 
der  6 in. 
Low,  foxy,  inferior  and 
pickings 
9s  a 12s 
2s  9d  a 5s 
£3  a £3  10s 
60s  a 80s 
40s  a 55s 
20s  a 30s 
16s  6d  a 17s 
£35  a £65 
£9  a £30 
£4  a £7 
40s  a 70s 
93  a Is  4d 
6d  a 8d 
3d  a 6d 
Id  a 3d 
Ld  a 3d 
92s  fid  a 100s 
U7s  fida  132s  fid 
95s  a 100s 
100S  a I 10s 
i20s  a 1 3 7s  6d 
100s  a 115s 
70s  a 82s  6d 
40s  a 57s  fid 
36s  a 42)  fid 
a 12s 
9s  a 9s 
4s  a 6s 
20s  a 23s 
5s  a 16s 
20s  a 22s 
23s  a 26s 
20s  a 23s 
10s  a 16s 
20s  a 22s 
i2s  a 20s 
a 15s 
5s  a 9s 
5s  A 8^ 
